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Monthly Archives: March 2015

Bogus cops caught with gun, drugs ammo

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 March 2015, 19:37 by GxMedia The two men who were arrested by the police on Friday March 27, 2015, in a house at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. A firearm and ammunition and narcotics were found. The men have been identified as being two of the men who posed as police and conducted an illegal roadblock ...

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Greenidge says house purchase was not corrupt; challenges Jagdeo to call in police

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 March 2015, 14:10 by GxMedia Former Finance Minister in the People’s National Congress (PNC)-led administration, Carl Greenidge has defended his purchase of a house from a state-owned corporation in the 1990s, saying that it was above-board. That’s quite in contrast to Former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s suggestion that Greenidge acquired the property at Bel Air Gardens ...

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Guyana needs a “mother-of-all-inquiries” – Jagdeo

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 March 2015, 0:47 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar should be asked to hold the “mother-of-all-inquiries” into the deaths of hundreds of persons including Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh over the last several decades, according to his predecessor Bharrat Jagdeo. “Let’s do one comprehensive inquiry into everything…Let’s look at any case of violence in an inquiry, let’s ...

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Jagdeo admits Skeldon Sugar Factory not yet fixed; touts other multi-million dollar investments in industry

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 March 2015, 23:41 by GxMedia Hoping to garner votes from its traditional stronghold in the sugar belt and particularly in East Berbice, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday assured that every effort is being made to fix the problem-plagued multi-million dollar Skeldon Sugar Factory and invest in other projects to rescue the industry. “Clearly, ...

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Greenidge’s acquisition of govt-owned house wasn’t transparent

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 March 2015, 20:40 by GxMedia Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday suggested that Former Finance Minister, Carl Greenidge of acquired a house from a then state-owned Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) in a less than transparent manner. However, Jagdeo brushed off questions about how he amassed wealth to purchase two houses, one of which he sold ...

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Jagdeo rules out being candidate

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 March 2015, 17:36 by GxMedia Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday ruled out being a candidate for his governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) but confirmed that he would be on the campaign trail. “I am not on the ticket. I’m not interested in any constitutional post,” he told a news conference. Nomination Day is ...

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New Giftland Mall has its own power station

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 March 2015, 13:27 by GxMedia Even as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) continues to improve transmission and distribution of electricity, Giftland Mall being constructed at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara is installing its own power station. President of Giftland, Roy Beepat said his company was willing to sell excess power to the University of Guyana ...

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Ramkarran rules out returning to active politics

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:17 by GxMedia Former senior member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran is currently not interested in returning to active politics, in the wake of expectations that he might endorse the opposition coalition. “I can’t predict that now. It will be a sea-change for me to have to change my mind ...

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Top Cop Laurie Lewis ordered passport issuance to Gregory Smith in fake name

Last Updated on Friday, 27 March 2015, 21:09 by GxMedia A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) electronics expert, implicated directly in the bomb-blast death of Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-leader Dr Walter Rodney 34 years ago, was given a passport in another name in 1999 under the directive of a previous Police Commissioner. Shortly after Rodney was killed in the ...

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